Forrest World Tour 2006
In and around World
Our World Tour will take us from Scottsdale, AZ around the world and back. Here is the Itieneray; Scottsdale, Miami, Quito,the Galapagos, Lima, Cusco, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Cairns, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Bangkok, Chaing Mai, Athens, the Greek Is., Croatia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Copenhagen, Dublin then back thru NYC. Should be a great time! Follow along our adventure, we will post pictures and journal entries as often as possible. Take Care the Forrest's
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Forrest World Tour
-
1
Leaving Scottsdale
The day finally arrived. We're not sure everyone really thought we would do it, but we are. We finished packing the house down to the 11th... Continue reading » -
2
Welcome to Miami
We arrived in Miami on Monday, stayed with our friend Lewin one night and the National on South Beach next. Miami is one of the best cities... Continue reading » -
3
The rainy season in Quito
We arrived in Quito today in the afternoon. So far so good. Our rep from Klein Tours was at the airport to meet us and transfer to our hotel.... Continue reading »
-
4
Galapagos Islands
The last 5 days have been amazing! The Galapagos Islands are truly an amazing place. I'm not sure where to begin really, but I guess I'll sta... Continue reading »
-
5
The Rainforest Near Quito
We got back from the Galapagos and were transfered to our hotel. Super tired we just chilled out for the night. The next day our ca... Continue reading »
-
6
Cusco For Sale
Ok so after Quito we went to Lima, then Cusco, then Aguas Calientes-Manchu Picchu, back to Cusco and now back in Lima. Now instead of writing... Continue reading »
-
7
Manchu Picchu, the lost city we found facinating
We left Cusco at 6:15 am, very early which I´m sure you can tell is starting to be the trend for this trip. There are only 2 ways to get to M... Continue reading »
-
8
Lima in Political Times
We were in Lima, Peru for 4 nights. 2 before Cusco and 2 after Cusco. When we first arrived in Lima it was a big change from the boring layed... Continue reading »
-
9
Santiago, California
Ok so I´ve been slacking. But updating this blog is hard work. We are now in Buenos Aires, but the last 9 days we were in Chile. ... Continue reading »
-
10
Tango, Steak and the City
Easter Sunday we arrived in BsAs. Before arriving here we met and Argentinan who told us we needed a week there because we needed, one... Continue reading »
-
11
Awesome Sydney!
19 hours of travel time brought us into Sydney, Australia. One tip: don't book a budget accomodation after a 19 hour trip, we did... Continue reading »
-
12
In and Around Melbourne
Melbourne is an interesting city. It is a smaller older wannabe of Sydney. We stayed in St. Kilda which is a trendy, bohiemian, chic ar... Continue reading »
-
13
The Reef and Queensland
Ok so like I said I'm behind so I'm grouping Queensland into one whole place even though we went to a few cities. (and as always I will put up pict... Continue reading »
-
14
Hong Kong: The new
A short 9 hour flight from Australia brought us to Hong Kong. Our gateway into the Asia part of the trip. Not a huge change since most... Continue reading »
-
15
Kyoto: the old Japan
Kyoto was our first impression of Japan. From Hong Kong we took a 4 hour flight to Toyko then a train to Kyoto. Kyoto is a walking city... Continue reading »
-
16
Tokyo: the new Japan
Ok so lets talk about the food in Japan. The food in Japan is weird and good. The weird stuff is the snacks and other packaged items th... Continue reading »
-
17
Beijing was ok
Ok Once again I'm behind on this blog so I'm going to shorten it up and ther is no better place to do that then here in Beijing.
I could spen... Continue reading »
-
18
Rockin out in Bangkok...
Bangkok is a crazy city. There is a lot going on and it is really dirty, but at the same time it has a great atmosphere and there are a lot o... Continue reading »
-
19
Athens, Mykononos, Santorini and Gyros
We left Asia and headed for Europe. Our first stop was Athens Greece to meet up with Erik(my B-in-Law) and his girlfriend Liz. We of course w... Continue reading »
-
20
Naples, the Armpit of Italy
Don´t go there it is a dump. Literally there is trash all over the street and a lot of druggies walking the streets. And everyone... Continue reading »
-
21
The Ruins of Pompeii
Ok I don´t want to keep sounding like a downer, but I wouldn´t put these at the top of your list.
I did a report on Pompeii in 7th grad... Continue reading »
-
22
Sorrento is for lovers and big beers
A 50 minute train ride from Naples the dump capital of the world is Sorrento. They are night and day. Sorrento is a beautiful coas... Continue reading »
-
23
Venice: the over priced city for lovers
Ahh! Venice the city for lovers! Venice is touristy and crowded, extremely over priced (45 Euro for a dish of good risotto), and plenty full... Continue reading »
-
24
Innsbruck is In
Innsbruck, for us, is a refreshing slice of heaven. High in the Austrian Alps we beat the neverending heat wave that was sweeping the rest of... Continue reading »
-
25
Much to do in Munich
As a good stopping point before our visit yo Copenhagen we went to Munich. Now I've been to Munich once before for Oktoberfest, which is a gr... Continue reading »
-
26
Back to the old stomping ground
It had been 5 years since I attended Copenhagen Business School. I was really excited to go back and visit the old area I called home for 5 m... Continue reading »
-
27
No baby in Dublin
Here we are our last stop in Europe Dublin, Ireland to spend 2 weeks with Ian Forrest and his 9 month pregnant wife Jen.
Dublin is a great ci... Continue reading »
Would you like to comment or ask a question?